A Queer Scrapbook
Britain and Ireland Since 1945
Published on 17. March 2026
224 pages
978-1-5261-6530-5 (ISBN)
Description
A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life.
A queer scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories from across Britain and Ireland. Packed with materials, from interviews and newspaper articles to photographs and flyers, the book explores urban, rural and regional queer life since 1945.
Commentaries and short essays introduce a changing queer landscape, spotlighting four broad themes: home and family, sex and socialising, arts and culture and politics and activism. The book delves into the meaning and experiences of domesticity and parenting and explores the sometimes unexpected places LGBTIQ+ people met to have fun. It examines the importance of creative work in forming community and identity and shows how people fought injustice and advocated for equal rights.
Collecting has been a way for the marginalised to explore and assert identity and community. A queer scrapbook vividly illustrates the diversity of queer and trans lives across the British and Irish isles since the Second World War. -- .
A queer scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories from across Britain and Ireland. Packed with materials, from interviews and newspaper articles to photographs and flyers, the book explores urban, rural and regional queer life since 1945.
Commentaries and short essays introduce a changing queer landscape, spotlighting four broad themes: home and family, sex and socialising, arts and culture and politics and activism. The book delves into the meaning and experiences of domesticity and parenting and explores the sometimes unexpected places LGBTIQ+ people met to have fun. It examines the importance of creative work in forming community and identity and shows how people fought injustice and advocated for equal rights.
Collecting has been a way for the marginalised to explore and assert identity and community. A queer scrapbook vividly illustrates the diversity of queer and trans lives across the British and Irish isles since the Second World War. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'A goldmine for anyone seeking to reinvigorate their hearts, minds and toolkits for activism, harvested from beautiful case studies of queer life and love that have been hidden... until now.'Dan Glass, author, presenter and activist -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
221 colour illustrations
File size
18,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-6530-5 (9781526165305)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
03/2026
Manchester University Press
€60.30
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Persons
Justin Bengry is an independent historian
Matt Cook is Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexuality at the University of Oxford
Rebecca Jennings is Associate Professor of Modern Gender History at University College London
E-J Scott is Senior Lecturer in Culture, Criticism and Curation, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London -- .
Matt Cook is Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexuality at the University of Oxford
Rebecca Jennings is Associate Professor of Modern Gender History at University College London
E-J Scott is Senior Lecturer in Culture, Criticism and Curation, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London -- .
Content
Introduction
Section 1: Home and family
Section 2: Socialising and sex
Section 3: Arts and culture
Section 4: Activism
Conclusion
Index -- .
Section 1: Home and family
Section 2: Socialising and sex
Section 3: Arts and culture
Section 4: Activism
Conclusion
Index -- .
